05/13/2021
Oh hello there! Here’s a silly picture to make you smile. Running this little business is giving me so much joy by providing me the opportunity to play as a form of work. I think that’s hecka neat so in the spirit of play I’ll tell you three things I do to get my silly on:
1. I laugh a lot. No really, like a lot a lot. I have been practicing (for many years now) finding wonder and joy in the smallest little crevices of life. So, sometimes the smallest detail will make me giggle. Or a chortle. I’ve also been know to snortle a time or two. Perhaps I am partially mad. Bwahahaha.
2. I made up this thing for myself called stretch-dancing. It’s a space in which the focus is on stretching every single muscle in my body with the freedom to shake my b***y, two step, or pirouette (hello years of ballet lessons) whenever I feel like it. This is not something I have ever shared with another human. It is only for me. Also, yes, sometimes this makes me laugh because of the sheer absurdity.
3. A trick I learned from teaching kids for many years is that if I need to do a job that requires me to focus and I’m not quite feeling ready to sit and “desk” I shake out the wiggles. Here’s how: you stand there and wiggle your whole body until you feel like the wiggles have subsided for a time and you can focus on the task at hand. You will probably walk to your desk with a little chuckle.
